... for himself, but he helped create a better life for us today. The dreams we have today and the dreams Americans have had in the past, are a direct result of his writing the Declaration of Independence. In the Declaration of Independence Jefferson writes: "We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by ... Americans. Works Cited Bradford, William. "Of Plymouth Plantation." The Heath Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Paul Lauter, et al. 4th ed. Vol 1. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. 313-333. Columbus, Christopher. "Journal of the Firs...

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... one semester. Returning to Massachusetts, he taught school and worked in a mill and as a newspaper reporter. In 1894 he sold "My Butterfly: An Elegy" to The Independent, a New York literary journal. A year later he married Elinor White, with whom he had shared valedictorian honors at Lawrence High School. From 1897 to 1899 he attended Harvard College but left without a degree. Over ... 's Pinkerton Academy. In 1912, at the age of 38, he sold the farm and used the proceeds to take his family to England, so he could devote himself entirely too writing poetry. While in New England Frost's f...

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